This list includes Buddhist kingdoms, empires, and khanates in South Asia, South East Asia, East Asia, Central Asia, West Asia and Eastern Europe.
South Asia
Sri Lanka
Rest of South Asia
Buddhist Kingdoms and Empires in India[1]
Established
Disestablished
Capital(s)
Language(s)
Today parts of
Magadha
1100 BCE
345 BCE
Rajagriha , Pataliputra
Sanskrit , Magadhi Prakrit , Ardhamagadhi
India
Kosala
1100 BCE
5th century BCE
Ayodhya , Shravasti
Sanskrit
Malla
7th century BCE
4th century BCE
Kusinara , Pava
Prakrit
India
Vajjika League
6th century BCE
468 BCE
Vesali
Prakrit , Sanskrit
Mauryan Empire
322 BCE
184 BCE
Pataliputra
Magadhi Prakrit
Apracharajas
52 BCE
78 CE
Gandhari Prakrit
Bajaur District
Western Satraps
35 CE
415 CE
Ujjain , Barygaza , Minnagara
Pali , Prakrit , Sanskrit
Northern Satraps
60 BCE
2nd century CE
Sagala , Mathura
Khadga dynasty
625 CE
716 CE
Karmanta Vasaka
Pithipatis of Bodh Gaya
1120 CE
1290 CE
Bodhgaya
Sanskrit
India
Kingdom of Sikkim
1642 CE
1975 CE
Yuksom , Rabdentse , Tumlong , Gangtok
Chöke , Sikkimese
India
Pala Empire
750 CE
1161 CE
Bikrampur , Pataliputra , Somapura
Sanskrit
South East Asia
Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
Myanmar
Established
Disestablished
Capital(s)
Language(s)
Today parts of
Pyu-city State
2nd century BCE
1050 CE
Sri Ksetra , Halin , Beikthano , Pinle , Binnaka
Pyu
Myanmar
Thaton Kingdom
4th century BCE
1057 May 18
Thaton
Mon
Pagan Kingdom
849 CE
1297 CE
Pagan
Old Burmese , Mon , Pyu
Myinsaing Kingdom
1297 CE
1313 CE
Myinsaing , Mekkhaya , Pinle
Burmese , Shan , Mon
Hanthawaddy Kingdom
1287 CE
1552 CE
Marthaban, Donwun , Pegu
Mon , Old Burmese
Shan States
1215 CE
1885 CE
Mogaung
Shan , Burmese
Pinya Kingdom
1313 CE
1365 CE
Pinya
Burmese
Myanmar
Sagaing Kingdom
1315 CE
1365 CE
Sagaing
Burmese
Kingdom of Ava
1365 CE
1555 CE
Sagaing , Pinya , Ava
Old Burmese , Shan
Prome Kingdom
1482 CE
1542 CE
Prome
Burmese
Toungoo dynasty
1510 CE
1752 CE
Toungoo , Pegu , Ava
Burmese
Konbaung dynasty
1752 CE
1885 CE
Shwebo , Sagaing , Ava , Amarapura , Mandalay
Burmese
Thailand
Established
Disestablished
Capital(s)
Language(s)
Today parts of
Dvaravati
7th century CE
11th century CE
Mon
Thailand
Lavo Kingdom
648 CE
1388 CE
Lavo , Ayutthaya
Mon , Old Khmer , Thai
Haripunchai
629 CE
1292 CE
Haripunchai
Northern Thai , Pali , Mon , Lawa
Ngoenyang
638 CE
1292 CE
Hiran, Ngoenyang
Northern Thai
Phayao Kingdom
1094 CE
1338 CE
Phayao
Tai
Sukhothai Kingdom
1238 CE
1584 CE
Sukhothai , Song Khwae
Sukhothai
Nakhon SI Thammarat Kingdom
13th century CE
1782 CE
Nakhon Si Tammarat
Southern Thai , Pali , Sanskrit , Malay language , Tamil
Lan Na
1292 CE
1775 January 15
Chiang Rai , Fang , Wiang Kum Kam , Chiang Mai
Northern Thai , Burmese language
Ayutthaya Kingdom
1351 CE
1767 CE
Ayutthaya , Phitsanulok , Lopburi
Siamese
Thonburi Kingdom
1767 CE
1782 CE
Thonburi
Thai
Rattanakosin Kingdom
1782 CE
1932 CE
Bangkok
Central Thai
Cambodia
Established
Disestablished
Capital(s)
Language(s)
Today parts of
Chenla
550 CE
802 CE
Isanapura
Old Khmer , Sanskrit
Khmer Empire
802 CE
1431 CE
Mahendraparvata , Hariharalaya , Koh Ker , Yashodharapura
Old Khmer , Sanskrit , Dravidian languages
Post-Angkor Period
1431 CE
1863 CE
Chaktomuk , Longvek , Lvea Aem , Oudong
Middle Khmer , Khmer language
Laos
East Asia
Northern China and Mongolian Plateau
Established
Disestablished
Capital(s)
Language(s)
Today parts of
Rouran Khaganate
330 CE
555 CE
Gansu , Mumocheng
Rouran , Mongolian , Chinese
Uyghur Khaganate
744 CE
847 CE
Otuken , Ordu-Baliq
Old Uyghur , Middle Chinese
Liao dynasty
916 CE
1125 CE
Shangjing
Khitan , Middle Chinese , Jurchen
Yuan dynasty
1271 CE
1368 CE
Khanbaliq
Middle Mongol , Chinese , Old Uyghur
Northern Yuan dynasty
1368 CE
1635 CE
Shangdu , Yingchang , Karakorum
Mongolian , Chinese , Jurchen
Four Oirat
1399 CE
1634 CE
Mongolic (Oirat language )
Bogd Khanate
1911 CE
1924 CE
Niislel Khuree
Mongolian
Korea
Established
Disestablished
Capital(s)
Language(s)
Today parts of
Silla
57 BCE
935 CE
Seorabeo
Old Korean , Middle Chinese
Goguryeo
37 BCE
668 CE
Jolbon , Gungnae , Pyongyang
Goguryeo , Classic Chinese
Baekje
18 BCE
660 CE
Wirye , Ungjin
Baekje , Classic Chinese
Gaya confederacy
42 CE
562 CE
Gaya
South Korea
Balhae
698 CE
926 CE
Dunhua
Goguryeo Tungusic , Middle Chinese
Later Baekje
892 CE
936 CE
Wansanju
Old Korean , Classic Chinese
South Korea
Unified Silla
668 CE
935 CE
Seorabeol
Old Korean , Middle Chinese
Taebong
901 CE
918 CE
Songak , Cheolwon
Old Korean , Classic Chinese
Goryeo
918 CE
1392 CE
Gaegyeong
Middle Korean , Classic Chinese
Tibetan plateau
West Asia, East Europe
West Asia
East Europe
Central Asia
See also
References
This page was last edited on 28 May 2024, at 12:59